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News Articles: Middle East

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv on Oct. 28, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

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  • Middle East

Israel rejects Hamas' cease-fire plan after meeting with Blinken

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a cease-fire plan delivered by the Palestinian militant group Hamas to end the war in Gaza.

February 07, 2024
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  • James Hider
Houthi fighters stage a rally in support of the Palestinians in Gaza and against the U.S.-led airstrikes on Yemen, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Jan. 29.

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  • Middle East

The U.S. is demanding Iran rein in its proxy groups. Is that actually possible?

When the U.S. launched airstrikes over the past week in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, the idea was to send a message to another country: Iran.

February 07, 2024
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  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Kat Lonsdorf,
  • and 1 more
Palestinians migrate to safer areas due to Israeli attacks that continue in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Jan. 30.

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  • World

Hamas gave a 'positive' response to a Gaza cease-fire proposal, Qatar says

Hamas' reaction was generally "positive" but it still insists on a permanent cease-fire and full Israeli military withdrawal from Gaza, which Israel has rejected. The U.S. will discuss it with Israel.

February 06, 2024
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By:
  • James Hider
Mourners attend the funeral of reservist Gavriel Shani during his funeral at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on Wednesday, Jan. 31.

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  • Middle East

Photos: Israel claims victory over Hamas in a key city as many in Gaza go hungry

In the past week, the U.S. has targeted Israeli settlers in the West Bank, families continued to mourn their losses and Israel claimed to have defeated Hamas in a key Gaza city.

February 05, 2024
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By:
  • NPR Staff
U.S. Central Command released this undated photo as part of its announcement of renewed airstrikes against Houthi targets on Saturday.

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  • National Security

The U.S. targets Iranian proxies for a second day in a row

The new round of U.S. strikes is far more extensive and deadly than those that have been launched since October, when the Israel-Hamas war began and pro-Iranian groups began their attacks.

February 04, 2024
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  • NPR Washington Desk
What is left of Pasha's Palace amid Israel's bombardment of Gaza. Historians of Gaza say Napoleon slept there for three nights in 1799.

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  • Middle East

A requiem for Gaza's iconic sites, destroyed in the war

We created a mini travel guide to Gaza City's historical and cultural landmarks five years ago. Every site we visited is now destroyed, badly damaged, or inaccessible.

February 04, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin and
  • Abu Bakr Bashir
A paddle boarder heads out into the water in Eilat, Israel. Normally, Eilat's beaches and hotels would be busy with tourists.

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  • Middle East

A seaside town shelters thousands of Israeli evacuees, but struggles without tourists

The tourists are gone and many of the hotels are filled with displaced Israelis nearly four months after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

February 04, 2024
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By:
  • Jackie Northam
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani chairs a meeting with top-ranking officials of the Iraqi armed forces and of the U.S.-led coalition about the future of American and other foreign troops in the country, in Baghdad on Jan. 27.

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  • Middle East

Iraq condemns U.S. airstrikes against Iran-linked groups

Iraqi government officials condemned the retaliatory U.S. airstrikes, saying the attacks showed U.S. forces had become a threat to their host country.

February 03, 2024
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  • Jane Arraf
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden attend the dignified transfer of the remains of three U.S. service members killed in a drone attack on a U.S. military outpost in Jordan, at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Friday.

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  • National Security

U.S. hits Iranian proxies in Iraq, Syria in retaliation for deadly strikes

The strikes are more extensive and deadly than those launched since last October, when the Israeli-Gaza war began and pro-Iranian groups started an uptick of attacks.

February 02, 2024
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By:
  • Tom Bowman and
  • Jane Arraf
President Biden watches the dignified transfer of the remains of the three U.S. service members killed in the drone attack in Jordan, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., on Feb. 2.

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  • National Security

Biden attends the dignified transfer at Dover for service members killed in Jordan

It is one of the most solemn tasks for a commander-in-chief, bearing witness as the bodies of fallen service members return to U.S. soil at Dover Air Force Base.

February 02, 2024
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
Israeli troops enter a Hamas tunnel underneath a cemetery in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Jan. 27. Israel said Thursday that it had defeated Hamas in the city, the main battleground in recent days.

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  • Middle East

Israel says it defeated Hamas in a key city, now aims for Gaza's southern border

Israel's defense minister says Hamas forces have been dismantled in Khan Younis, the main battleground in recent days. He says Israel will now push toward Gaza's southern border.

February 02, 2024
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  • Greg Myre
Husam Abukhedeir, a Palestinian neurosurgeon, photographed on Thursday at his home in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. He left his native Gaza in November because he felt that conditions caused by the war had stripped him of his power as a physician — and endangered his family.

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  • Global Health

Why this neurosurgeon chose to stay in his beloved Gaza — and why he left

Since boyhood, Husam Abukhedeir wanted to become a doctor and serve his people. He overcome obstacles to get his medical credentials and practiced neurosurgery at Al-Shifa Hospital. Then came the war.

February 02, 2024
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By:
  • Farah Yousry
President Biden issued an executive order on Thursday targeting Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been attacking Palestinians in the occupied territory.

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  • World

Biden issues order targeting Israeli settlers who attack West Bank Palestinians

President Biden's executive order, issued Thursday, names four people and will lay the groundwork for financial sanctions against Israeli settlers who carry out violent assaults.

February 01, 2024
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By:
  • James Hider
Gaza Strip, Rafah | April 2019| Impressions the Rafah Zoo before the start of the most recent war in Gaza

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  • Middle East

Another side effect from war in Gaza? Animals starving in its besieged zoos

Dr. Amir Khalil is attempting to coordinate a mission to rescue animals from the war-torn Gaza Strip.

February 01, 2024
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By:
  • Mohamad ElBardicy
Breonna Moffett was a leader in JROTC and the drum major in the band during her time at Windsor Forest High School.

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  • Middle East

A Savannah high school mourns the loss of a soldier and friend

23-year-old U.S. Army Specialist Breonna Moffett was killed in a drone attack in Jordan last weekend. Today Windsor Forest High School remembers a promising young leader.

February 01, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
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